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playing the cards you're dealt, part 2

Liz Cohn is a mixed media artist based in Portland, Oregon. Her latest project, Playing With A Full Deck, involves over 1500 playing cards passed around to various artists. As some of you may know, I contributed a couple pieces to Liz Cohn's show in February at Cannon Beach Art Gallery. You can read about it here. I fell in love with this collaborative mail art project. My mom and I signed up to participate. Liz mailed us each four cards that she had started. My cards are pictured above.

The entire collection of cards will be on display at 12 x 16 Gallery in Portland May 3-27. The opening reception is Sunday, May 6th from 2-5 pm. Hope to see you there!

Exciting News!!! This morning I received an email from Liz. She self published a book about Playing with a Full Deck via Blurb. My Mom and I each have a card featured in the book! My Mom's card* is on page 39. Mine* is on page 43. Thanks for including us, Liz!

*My contributions: little girl cut-out, paper doily and feather.

My contributions: I tore this card into three pieces and sewed it back together by hand. I attached the photo slide and a few strips of mt tape.

My contributions: photo slide, hand sewn embellishments, gold and gray mt tape.

My contributions: photo slide frame, silver chinese burning paper and hand sewn border.

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My Mom's cards are so beautiful! I love the textures and humor.

My Mom's contributions: The cut-out of the couple and the text. Hilarious!

My Mom's contributions: red tulle tulle, palm trees (look familiar?), mulberry paper.

My Mom's contributions: sewing patterns, text, and Carol.

*My Mom's contributions: strips of yellow paper, the devil, and the text.

playing the cards you're dealt

My Mom and I have pieces in the current exhibit at Cannon Beach Art Gallery. The show centers around Liz Cohn's collaborative mail art project, Playing with a Full Deck. Cohn makes her contribution to each card then sends it to the next artist. Her collection is made up of more than 1300 completed cards. It was incredible to see them all in person!

For the show in Cannon Beach, Cohn invited artists in the area to submit altered playing cards. My Mom and I were excited to be apart of the exhibit!

I had a tough time getting good shots of our work at the opening. It was pretty crowded and the cards were displayed in plastic sleeves. Here are a few shots I took at home. The two pieces (pictured above) are mine.

I love how my Mom's collages turned out. She does great work!

Playing with a Full Deck will be at Cannon Beach Art Gallery until February 29th.

You can also check out the cards in Liz Cohn's virtual gallery.

Cannon Beach Art Gallery

1064 S Hemlock

Cannon Beach, OR

Thurs. - Mon.

10 - 4

blue turns to grey

Lovin' this treasury my tiny book ornaments are featured in!

Reminds me of a beautiful song by the rolling stones.

bits of news

Emily interviewed me on her lovely blog, Songbird.

Check it out.

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Yesterday, I compiled a list of blogs and publications that have featured Paragraph Cove. Visit the "about" section to view the list.

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My following has really grown in the past six months. I just wanted to say thank you for reading my little old blog. I really really appreciate it!

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I'm still offering a 2" notebook and four 1" book ornaments with every purchase.

Offer expires at midnight PST.

the eagle has landed

I was excited to receive a beautifully wrapped package from the Czech Republic two days ago.
Inside the package I found my issue of STYL Magazine. It's so rewarding to see my work in print.

Visit STYL Magazine to learn more about this new publication.

The Sepia Poetry Upcycled Envelopes are available in my Etsy shop.

styl magazine

I am honored to have my stationery featured in this new independent magazine.

Check out the spread that features my Sepia Poetry Upcycled Envelopes.

Visit STYL Magazine to learn more.

ps...Thanks, Riz!

the sun came out

After driving home through the down pour yesterday the clouds cleared to reveal this little rainbow.

So, I've decided I need to share more about myself on my blog instead of just promoting my latest work.

Here are some tidbits about me:
1. I live in a little house in a small town.
2. I dropped out of art school because I couldn't take out anymore school loans.
3. I live with my Mom and her sassy cat, Stormy.
4. I used to sell handmade bags and scarves under the name Functional Textures.
5. I like lists.
6. The name Paragraph Cove is named after an inside joke between my Mom and I
7. My work is heavily influenced by the coastal community I live in.
8. My current obsession is bow ties. I recently bought a sparkly gold one.
9. I've been listening to The Zombies, Johnny Cash and Spiritualized a lot lately. Kind of a weird combo.
10. I'm looking for a studio space where I can spread out my work and sing along to June Carter Cash til the wee hours.

PS...I was featured on Heather's super cool blog, heathersthompson.typepad.com. Check out her sweet vintage goods at gatheringvintage.etsy.com. Thanks again, Heather!

cereal for dinner

Here are some new sets of stationery I made this week.
I also made two more sailing themed sets.

Sense of Time

Land Formations

Stay tuned for some radical instructional stationery...

Well, I'm gonna have some cereal for dinner.  I'm too tired to whip anything else up.

My upcycled stationery is available at my etsy shop, paragraph cove by just us women.

PS. Thanks Kerri Anne for featuring my sailing stationery on your blog at 5minutesforgoinggreen.com

classic black and white

My graphic oddments envelopes are featured in this lovely treasury by thismodernbelle. Check it out.

fellow seller

My Etsy shop, Just Us Women, isn't just a place to buy upcycle stationery. I also sell vintage housewares. Yesterday I received a message from Robin Lynne notifying me that she is featuring one of my vintage items on her blog. Also, check out her photos and wearable art at Taken By Robin Lynne.